Russian National Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP Russia) was established in 1994 under the auspices of “Unity for Russia” Foundation. From 2009 CSCAP Russia is presided by a noted Russian political scientist and politician, President of “Unity for Russia” Foundation, Executive Director of “Russkiy Mir” Foundation Mr. CSCAP-Russia includes prominent scie
ntists from Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Diplomatic Academy (Moscow), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of Oriental Studies (Moscow), Institute of Far Eastern Studies (Moscow), St. Petersburg State University, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok) and other main research centers, officials from Foreign Ministry of Russia in personal capacity. CSCAP-Russia members are working within various CSCAP Study Groups - The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Group, Countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Asia Pacific Group, Multilateral security governance in Northeast Asia/North Pacific Group etc.
